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شقد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific type of plant or herb, possibly with milky sap. It is a rare term, with its primary mention linking it to a plant resembling 'qashdah' (cream or curdled milk).

Derived headwords

الشَّقْدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    herb with milky sapclassical

    A plant characterized by abundant milky sap and a consistency similar to cream or curdled milk.

قَشَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    creamboth

    The fatty layer skimmed from the top of milk, or a similar dairy product.

قَلَدَةnoun
  1. 1.
    curdled milkclassical

    Milk that has coagulated and thickened, often due to souring or the addition of rennet.

Parallel reading

الشَّقْدَة حشيشة كثيرة اللبن والإهالة كالقشدة
The shaqdah is a herb with abundant milky sap and richness like cream.
إما مقلوبة وإما لغة
It is either inverted [from another word] or a dialectal variant.
لم أسمع الشقدة لغير الليث
I have not heard of the shaqdah except from Al-Layth.
وكأنه في الأصل القشدة والقلدة
And it seems that it is originally qashdah and qaldah.